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Ecclectica

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  1. Read several ZOT! TPBs a long time ago : it was a nice read IMHO.
  2. I still love Heck's women nowadays so I suppose I must be (secretly) 73 years old.
  3. Gahhhh, I was 2 minutes too late ! (to send the link myself)
  4. For Heck, romance comics effects IMHO. But that's what's precisely made him, maybe, the right penciler for the beginnings of Iron Man : you believed immediately that Tony Stark was a playboy, dating the most gorgeous women of the time.
  5. It was already sold in 2018 with its color guide, by a french collector. For what's worth, if I remember well, the price was not that high even then.
  6. Transparency (GIF like) ? It even become grey too, if you zoom in.
  7. Oh. The new screenshots are edited now... Come on!
  8. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/story-page/paul-ryan-and-danny-bulanadi-fantastic-four-371-story-page-4-original-art-marvel-1992-/a/322403-48255.s $13,200.00
  9. [Off topic mode = On] Not for this story. I only know the culprit behind the damage of several (I know at least 6) pages of the Star Hawks strip by Gil Kane, in the same storyline. I see them appear from time to time at auctions. I can post horror pictures more or less unbearable if someone is interested. I collect them. [Off topic mode = Off]
  10. I questioned myself too, and supposed the dealer was from North Marshfield (at the south of Boston), but maybe I'm wrong.
  11. Coincidence. In https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/ new entry : "[...] they had their own card set! The display box utilized art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko [...]" That's an occasion to read again Nick Caputo's excellent blog.
  12. Great! I didn't know it. Guess I have to buy now another (affordable, this one!) old comic.
  13. Well, this variant is not cheap to acquire nowadays : https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=Amazing+Spider-Man+%23700+ditko+variant&_sacat=0&rt=nc&_odkw=Amazing+Spider-Man+%23700+ditko&_osacat=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1
  14. They already thought of that : (Amazing Spider-Man #700 - January 2013)
  15. Ditko seemed to like this kind of leg positions for the character : (from the Mandel collection -> https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=721757)
  16. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/splash-pages/jean-giraud-moebius-the-sandman-a-gallery-of-dreams-1-death-pin-up-illustration-original-art-dc-1994-/p/7364-11023.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
  17. I can understand you. I have waited for quite a few years to obtain a both delightful and affordable Omaha piece. For those who are still waiting : https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/reed-waller-omaha-the-cat-dancer-and-chuck-as-romeo-and-juliet-illustration-original-art-1989-/p/7369-12331.s https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/reed-waller-omaha-the-cat-dancer-pop-star-specialty-illustration-original-art-signed-by-kate-worley-1994-/p/7369-12330.s https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/reed-waller-omaha-the-cat-dancer-vol1-trade-hardback-bookplate-illustration-original-art-kitchen-sink-press-1987-/p/7369-12329.s https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/reed-waller-omaha-the-cat-dancer-vol2-trade-hardback-bookplate-illustration-original-art-kitchen-sink-press-c/p/7369-12328.s https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/reed-waller-omaha-the-cat-dancer-button-illustration-original-art-and-color-guide-kitchen-sink-press-1983-/p/7369-12326.s
  18. Off-topic : your new avatar is hurting my eyes... (yes, I'm a sissy)
  19. ... but not every dealer ! (for what it's worth)
  20. Sold on eBay in late November for 450 USD at most : https://www.ebay.com/itm/375090138496?hash=item57551d4d80%3Ag%3A6FsAAOSwku9lZ7nz&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338181027&customid=958&toolid=10049 Now on sale at AS' for 1500 USD : https://www.anthonyscomicbookart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=94563 Problem is: Anthony's staff took for granted the original description of the original seller but... is the "Hericane" character really an existing one from the DC Universe?!?! IMHO, seems more to be a random superbabe sketch by AH, but I'm all ears.
  21. For the curious : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViYU4lCc80https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViYU4lCc80&t=08m01s Nice: A.S. pointed out the removal of the decication. However, it's strange he used the original image (with the dedication blured) for the show. I didn't realized the sketch was so big... The price is probably a bit too high now IMHO, but it was a huge deal on eBay for guys from my generation (and we're several here, I guess!). I can tell you if I could go back to September and catch it, I would do it on the spot! Even if the dedication had been already deleted at step 1, I would have it put back by a professional restorer.
  22. Thank you for this follow up : I didn't had enough time the last days to write "Step 4".here myself, after I discovered the piece had indeed made its "transition"... I never look at DD, but I guess I will make an exception this time!
  23. Storm & Colossus - John Byrne convention sketch - 1979 Step 1 : Sold on eBay last August for 300$: Step 2 : Sold on CAF (and here in Original Comic Art Marketplace) last September, two weeks later. Offers were asked for the sketch. Note that dedication had been deleted in the meantime, probably to make the piece more desirable (as if it still needed it! ) Step 3 : Offered now on CAF (and on website) for 5295$ on Will's Comic Art Page: https://www.comicartpage.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=9642 Thanks to the precise pic, we can see now the dedication was not carefully erased between step 1 and step 2... (to make my thinking more precise : I do not endorse dedication removing, I'm criticizing here the fact it was badly done too. All the pieces I have in my collection have still the original dedication whenever previously existing : to my eyes, it's part of the history of the art piece, even for dedications to complete strangers to me) Step 4 : Heritage in 2024 or 2025? Or the piece has now run out of meat? Thoughts? (I don't have any opinion. Let the specialists talks!)